In the 19th league match of the 20-over World Cup cricket series held yesterday, the Indian team defeated the Pakistan team by 6 runs and won a thrilling victory.
The World Cup T20 series co-hosted by the USA and the West Indies started with a bang on the 2nd. A total of 20 teams will compete in the league round in 4 divisions in this series. At the end of this round, the top 2 teams in each category will have to compete in the ‘Super 8’ round. After that, the semi-finals will be played on June 24 and the final at Bridgetown on June 29. The first league match for this tournament started on 2nd.
In this case, in the 19th league match held yesterday, India and Pakistan teams played a series of tests. The Indian team was led by Rohit Sharma and the Pakistani team was led by Babar Azam. The match started at 8 pm last night at the Nassau County Stadium in New York, USA. Pakistan captain Babar Azam won the toss and chose to bowl first. Following this, the Indian team batted first. Openers Rohit Sharma were dismissed for 13 runs and Virat Kohli for 4 runs. Rishabh Pant, who came in next, was dismissed for 42 runs and Akshar Patel for 20 runs. The rest of the players were run out. In the end the team lost all wickets and were all out for 119 runs at the end of 19 overs.
Pakistan then batted second with an easy target of 120 runs to win. Openers Mohammed Rizwan were dismissed for 31 runs and Babar Azam for 13 runs. Next, Usman Khan was dismissed for 13 runs and Baqar Zaman for 13 runs. In the end, the team lost 7 wickets and scored 113 runs at the end of 20 overs after losing the game by few runs. Then the Indian team won the thriller by 6 runs. Jasprit Bumrah who took 3 wickets was selected as the man of the match for the Indian team.
